“For Ukraine to win, significantly greater international military and financial support is necessary. However, if this issue cannot be resolved, after the end of the war, the next problem will arise – with what money to rebuild Ukraine, which has suffered losses estimated at more than 500 billion euros?” Meanwhile, “the lifespan of the initiative put forward in mid-August by four European countries – Sweden, Spain, the Netherlands, and Poland, to once again seek ways to confiscate Russia's frozen assets and transfer them to Ukraine, was quite short.” “The state that was most dependent on this decision – Belgium – rejected it.” It is there that the Euroclear depository is located. “Belgium,” the publication writes, “believes that such a decision exposes it to too great and disproportionate risks of legal claims from Russia, and the Belgian state budget cannot take on risks exceeding 200 billion euros.” As for Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken, he stated: “The Baltic states should be careful continuously raising this issue and cornering Belgium. I don’t think that is wise.”
